The Future of WHS: What's Changing, What's Coming, and What it Means for You
Wednesday 21 October 2026
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
High Risk Safety Summit

Workplace health and safety is being reshaped from every direction at once – AI and automation are changing how humans and machines share a worksite, an ageing workforce is forcing new approaches to physical and mental risk, mental health has moved from side conversation to boardroom priority, and a widening talent gap is leaving the profession short on the very skills it now needs most. Meanwhile, legal frameworks are tightening and ESG is pulling safety into a broader sustainability conversation. Our expert panellists cut through the noise to unpack which of these shifts actually matter, which are overhyped, and what WHS leaders need to start doing differently – now, not in five years.Workplace health and safety is being reshaped from every direction at once – AI and automation are changing how humans and machines share a worksite, an ageing workforce is forcing new approaches to physical and mental risk, mental health has moved from side conversation to boardroom priority, and a widening talent gap is leaving the profession short on the very skills it now needs most. Meanwhile, legal frameworks are tightening and ESG is pulling safety into a broader sustainability conversation. Our expert panellists cut through the noise to unpack which of these shifts actually matter, which are overhyped, and what WHS leaders need to start doing differently – now, not in five years.%MCEPASTEBIN%

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